the tech industry fervor over Omarchy is so fucking confusing to me that i'm honestly starting to wonder if it's just money laundering. over TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS for a fascist's dotfiles and bash scripts is patently insane
Replying to @davidcelis@xoxo.zone
@davidcelis how in the heck? basically nobody gives alpine money and it is the backbone of the modern internet, but some vanity distro gets $12m?
do you have any idea what foundational distros like alpine could do with $12m? it would be game changing.
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne @davidcelis
But giving money to Alpine doesn't promote a political agenda. All it does is help lots of people you don't know personally. Obvious waste of money.
Replying to @jannem@fosstodon.org
@davidcelis @jannem is that not the marketed purpose of philanthropy though?
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne @davidcelis
Philanthropy is not what is happening here
Replying to @jannem@fosstodon.org
@jannem @ariadne @davidcelis that, plus marketing is always a lie.
Replying to @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
@ariadne @davidcelis @jannem Better when you can misuse the target and embezzle the donation back. (Or so I presume it goes.)